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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Hamden American Job Center to close in June
WHETHERSFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Hamden American Job Center will permanently close in June, Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo said in a press release Thursday. The release said all of the Hamden staff members will be reassigned to one of Connecticut's 19 other American Job Centers, or to the agency's central office. 'The New Haven region has been fortunate as it has two full service American Job Centers to serve residents,' Bartolomeo said in the statement. 'While the closure in Hamden will be a transition, career services remain available on site in New Haven. I want to thank our building landlord and CTDOL teams who made every effort to keep the Hamden AJC open.' American Job Centers are federally funded to provide career counseling, job training, resume assistance, and other services. The Hamden Job Center building was not owned by the state. The statement noted that allowing the lease to expire is part of the agency's 'cost containment strategy.' CTDOL said it has experienced a drop in federal funding and expects the decline to continue as overhead costs and infrastructure costs continue to rise. Federal law requires each Workforce Development Board to have at least one full-service American Job Center in its region; a few Hamden staff will work from New Haven's Workforce Alliance to service the area. CTDOL said it will notify Hamden customers and help them access services in New Haven or at other American Job Centers. The Hamden American Job Center served 5,235 residents last year. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Las Vegas valley drivers pumping the brakes on car maintenance, mechanics say
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Springtime is when mechanics normally see customers bringing their cars in before the desert heat kicks in. However, Las Vegas mechanics told 8 News Now that this year it's a different situation. Gerard Bartolomeo, owner of Last Stop Auto, said things are eerily slow at his shop. 'It's not what it should be, even though it's tax season,' Bartolomeo said. 'It's usually quiet, but it's been it's been exceptionally quiet the last, last six weeks.' It's not just his garage. 'I got another friend here on Polaris, he's quiet. I've got a cousin who's got a shop, he's quiet,' Bartolomeo said. 'I even got a couple of friends back in New York, and they've been here 35 years, it's quiet, he says.' They told 8 News Now the number of hoods they've popped open recently has dropped and is looking closer to what it was like during the COVID-19 pandemic. 'I'm down probably 25% to 35% from what I should be normally,' Bartolomeo said. Mechanics said they believe the reason for the slowdown is people trying to save money while prices seem to rise at full throttle. 'I just think right now with the economy, the way it's up and down, I think people are just holding onto their money until they see what's going to happen,' Bartolomeo said. He and others are relying on the fact that cars can't run forever without maintenance. 'Eventually they'll have to fix it if they don't buy a new one, you know, because you can only go so long before you have to fix it,' Bartolomeo said. 'Hopefully it'll turn around.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
